Surah Muhammad (محمد) • Muhammad

Quran 47:27

47:27

فَكَيْفَ إِذَا تَوَفَّتْهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَدْبَـٰرَهُمْ

fakayfa idhā tawaffathumu l-malāikatu yaḍribūna wujūhahum wa-adbārahum

Then how [will it be] when the angels take them in death, striking their faces and their backs?

— Saheeh International

How will they feel when the angels take them in death and beat their faces and their backs

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then how (will it be) when the angels will take their souls at death, smiting their faces and their backs?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَكَيْفَfakayfaThen how
إِذَاidhāwhen
تَوَفَّتْهُمُtawaffathumutake them in death
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
يَضْرِبُونَyaḍribūnastriking
وُجُوهَهُمْwujūhahumtheir faces
وَأَدْبَـٰرَهُمْwa-adbārahumand their backs